lv 1 skeleton

chapter 33

'Lord, I am nearby and keeping an eye on them. What are your instructions, do you want me to engage?'

'No, regardless of what happens, just keep watching them. Later, when they take off at fast speeds, I will be relying on you to keep me up to date on their position.'

'Unfortunate, but I will obey your orders Lord.'

The Elves' forces seem to be hidden away. Have they realised that I had spotted them?. Anyways, at this point I was completely relying on Jenna's ability to keep track of them.

I kept enjoying the peaceful time to myself, until the sun started coming down and I saw the three women walking my way.

I had forgotten that they couldn't see as well as I could in the darkness. So after some time of waving my hands in the air pointlessly, I shouted out to them.

"Over here!"

"Gaspard, how long have you been waiting?"

They were also a bit early. It was only 6:30 but our meeting time was set to 7 pm.

"No worries, I was passing the time watching people walk past, shall we get going?"

"Alright! But, you shouldn't come so early next time, it makes us feel bad."

"Sure"

Both Kishande and Miranda had a pouting expression, unhappy that I had been early and was waiting for them. I put my arms around them to comfort them and brought them to the restaurant in which I had made prior reservations.

"What's this... the place looks expensive.

"It's ok, we don't eat out often."

"Hehe good! Our first time eating out!"

"God guided us on our path to you, thank you Gaspard!"

They seemed happy with my choice of restaurant, especially when all the employees came out to greet us as we stepped in through the doors.

"We've been waiting, Gaspard's party please come this way."

"What's going on Gaspard?"

I had booked the whole restaurant. Even if it was a place of great repute, I was easily able to make reservations and it wasn't too expensive. This was largely due to my recent rise to fame, with the spreading of rumors about me taking the Goblin King's punitive Quest. They were extremely glad to host me and even offered me a 50% discount.

"Well... we do have to celebrate sometimes."

Because I had chosen such a high class establishment, we were able to enjoy the fine cuisine, accompanied by a musician playing the lute and a poet singing in the hall.

"I've never eaten such a delicious meal!"

"Miranda, please eat quietly." chided Kishande.

"God, I think I was born for this day. No, I can't fall for the temptation of such delicious food!"

Ashe and Miranda were acting cutely, like children discovering something new. Kishande however, was looking at me quite nervously, hardly touching any of her food.

"Kishande, if you eat so little, isn't it impolite towards the chefs who have worked so hard?"

"We don't deserve this kind of treatment."

"Stop it, you're spoiling the mood."

Kishande went back to eating, slight tears forming in her eyes.

'Hmm, crying while eating...is it because the food tastes bad?''

Snap! Snap!

I called the waiter over.